Firopotamos: the north-coast cove with a church

Guides describe a small sand-and-pebble cove, boat houses and a church. A colourful swimming platform on the rocks appears in photographs and in the picture used on this page. Facilities on the beach are not consistently published: some listings mention a few umbrellas or a canteen in season, others mention none. Treat shade, water and food as things you bring, then be pleasantly surprised if a canteen is open.

The road reaches the houses. The shore is down a staircase — fine for most visitors who are steady on their feet, not ideal with a full picnic, a pram or reduced mobility. A private transfer can wait above; it cannot put wheels on the sand. The Adamas-port published list groups Fyropotamos with Plathiena at €35 per vehicle for up to four. Plathiena itself is a separate beach below Plaka; see Plathiena if that is the swim you want.

After Sarakiniko and Mandrakia, Firopotamos is the third north-coast beat: slightly more swimming, slightly fewer people than the white rocks. Then the road climbs towards Plaka. That is the spine of the chauffeur tours. If you only have time for one cove besides Sarakiniko, choose based on swimming (Firopotamos) versus fishing-village texture (Mandrakia).